New Non-Fiction

Here are new nonfiction series available:

• Essential Science series - All About Gases; Keeping Warm; Light & Seeing; Solids & Liquids; Forces & Friction; Changing Sounds; Circuits & Conductors; Earth, Moon & Sun
• Fundamental Physics series - Light and Color; Solar System and Beyond; Sound and Vibration; Forces and Motion; Electricity and Magnetism; Energy and Matter
• Can you Feel the Force? Putting the Fizz back into Physics
  
• UXL Space Exploration Reference Library - includes almanac, biographies and primary sources
• Discovering Space series - Far Planets; Comets and Asteroids; Sun; Moon; Near Planets
• Earth and Space series - Space Objects; Jupiter; Neptune, and Other Outer Planets; Mercury, Mars, and Other Inner Planets; Beyond the Solar System; Earth and Its Moon
• Humans in Space series - Race into Space; Return to the Moon; Exploring Planet Mars; Flight into Orbit
• Issues that Concern You series - Student Drug Testing; Drunk Driving; Obesity; Gun Violence; Medical Marijuana
• Incarceration Issues series -Alternatives to Prison; History of Incarceration; Incarceration Around the World; Inequities of the Justice System; Political Prisoners; Prison Conditions; Prisoner Rehabilitation; Prisoners on Death Row; Social, Monetary and Moral Cost of Prisons; Women in Prisons; Youth in Prisons
• Black History series - Slave Rebellions; From Ragtime to Hip-Hop: A Century of Black American Music; Separate but Equal: Desegrgation of America’s Schools
• A Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers will Rule the Future by Daniel H. Pink
• Pay it Forward by Catherine Ryan Hyde
• The Football Game I’ll Never Forget: 100 NFL Stars’ Stories
• The Complete Book of Soccer and David Beckham’s Soccer Skills

Girlz Read!

Hello. Just to let you know of a few more new books we received this week of particular interest to girls -

• Babysitting Basics - whole series of books on how to be the best babysitter ever. You can learn how to have fun, earn some bucks, establish rules, and keep the kids safe while in your care.
• People in the News - of great interest - Johnny Depp and Orlando Bloom. Enough said.
• Edward Bloor’s Taken - the year is 2035 and kidnapping is a major industry. Children are taken from homes, cash settlements are made quickly with the kidnappers, and children are usually returned home. Charity knows what is expected of her in the event she is kidnapped - Do not panic. Do not try to escape. - except this kidnapping is different. Nothing occurs as it is supposed to and the hours are rapidly diminishing for her release. What do the kidnappers really want?
• Justina Chen Headley’s Girl Overboard - Syrah loves to snowboard and feels at peace on the mountain. It would seem that her life would be perfect as she is the daughter of a billionare and has all the material possessions anyone could ever want. Things just aren’t perfect since her half-siblings can’t stand her, her friendships are being ruined, and her boyfriend apparently is only interested in her because of her father. When Syrah is injured and needs to have rehab, she makes a new friend who helps her find and accept herself. After reading this, you might want to give back to the community or try something new.

GREAT WEBSITE - ReaderGirlz

http://www.readergirlz.com/issue.html

Here you will find suggestions of great books to read, a discussion blog, author chats, a “while you read playlist”, contests, ways and reasons to celebrate being a girl as well as ways to inspire other girls to read and contribute! This is an award winning site!

Some New Titles

Check out some new non-fiction books.

• Math Doesn’t Suck: How to Survive Middle School Math Without Losing Your Mind or Breaking a Nail. (510 McK)
  • Love the title! Written by Danica McKellar of TV shows The Wonder Years and The West Wing, she is also a noted mathematician. So much so, that there is a “groundbreaking mathematical physics theorem” which even includes her name. Chapters include the following: “What Every Savvy Shopper Should Know” - decimals, “Does She Ever Get Off the Phone?” - ratios, and my personal favorite, “You Can Never Have Too Many Shoes” - lowest common multiple.
• What Color is Your Parachute? For Teens. (331.7 Bol)
  • This book might help you decide what you would like to do with your life. Unless you are independently wealthy, chances are you are going to have to work for a living. This is the book for you if you’d like to find out about yourself and the working world.
• Like a Pro: 101 Simple Way to Do Really Important Stuff. (646.7 Bec)
  • This is the book you can use to amaze your friends, astonish your teachers, and wow your family. This book includes advice on how to boost your brain power, make the perfect snowman, make recycled paper, and take fantastic photos among lots of other things.